GLSA-202512-01 : GnuPG: Arbitrary Code Execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 280100

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202512-01 (GnuPG: Arbitrary Code Execution)

A vulnerability has been discovered in GnuPG's armor parser.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All GnuPG users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-crypt/gnupg-2.5.14

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 280100

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202512-01.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 12/27/2025

Updated: 12/27/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gnupg

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/27/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/27/2025

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